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  • Learn It and Use It for Life
  • Written by: Twyla Tharp
  • Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
  • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Written by: Twyla Tharp
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All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit provides you with 32 practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable 35-year career.

In "Where's Your Pencil?" Tharp reminds you to observe the world - and get it down on paper. In "Coins and Chaos", she gives you an easy way to restore order and peace. In "Do a Verb", she turns your mind and body into coworkers. In "Build a Bridge to the Next Day", she shows you how to clean the clutter from your mind overnight.

Tharp leads you through the painful first steps of scratching for ideas, finding the spine of your work, and getting out of ruts and into productive grooves. The wide-open realm of possibilities can be energizing, and Twyla Tharp explains how to take a deep breath and begin....

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You don't have to be a dancer

There's a lot of good advice about how to build up your creative muscles and keep going, even when you aren't feeling particularly creative. Besides talking about her actual process, she talks about how to look at life and your work in a way that lets you see the possibilities. There's practical advice, but more important, there's a lot of inspiring example and inspirational anecdotes from the author's own life that show what's possible if you just keep doing the work every day.

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Breathtakingly Beautiful

that is all that needs to be said. This book is astounding mind Awakening and beautiful in its simplicity

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